diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index fc9736db618..52c5780ed4e 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 #include <zmq/zmqrpc.h>
 #endif
 
+using kernel::DEFAULT_STOPAFTERBLOCKIMPORT;
 using kernel::DumpMempool;
 using kernel::ValidationCacheSizes;
 
@@ -121,7 +122,6 @@ using node::CacheSizes;
 using node::CalculateCacheSizes;
 using node::DEFAULT_PERSIST_MEMPOOL;
 using node::DEFAULT_PRINTPRIORITY;
-using node::DEFAULT_STOPAFTERBLOCKIMPORT;
 using node::fReindex;
 using node::LoadChainstate;
 using node::MempoolPath;
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(NodeContext& node, interfaces::BlockAndHeaderTipInfo* tip_info)
     }
 
     chainman.m_load_block = std::thread(&util::TraceThread, "loadblk", [=, &chainman, &args] {
-        ThreadImport(chainman, vImportFiles, args, ShouldPersistMempool(args) ? MempoolPath(args) : fs::path{});
+        ThreadImport(chainman, vImportFiles, ShouldPersistMempool(args) ? MempoolPath(args) : fs::path{});
     });
 
     // Wait for genesis block to be processed
diff --git a/src/kernel/blockmanager_opts.h b/src/kernel/blockmanager_opts.h
index 608a852836b..8f26422f72c 100644
--- a/src/kernel/blockmanager_opts.h
+++ b/src/kernel/blockmanager_opts.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class CChainParams;
 
 namespace kernel {
 
+static constexpr bool DEFAULT_STOPAFTERBLOCKIMPORT{false};
+
 /**
  * An options struct for `BlockManager`, more ergonomically referred to as
  * `BlockManager::Options` due to the using-declaration in `BlockManager`.
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ struct BlockManagerOpts {
     const CChainParams& chainparams;
     uint64_t prune_target{0};
     bool fast_prune{false};
+    bool stop_after_block_import{DEFAULT_STOPAFTERBLOCKIMPORT};
     const fs::path blocks_dir;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/node/blockmanager_args.cpp b/src/node/blockmanager_args.cpp
index 179c3a46044..23b0bd37abd 100644
--- a/src/node/blockmanager_args.cpp
+++ b/src/node/blockmanager_args.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ std::optional<bilingual_str> ApplyArgsManOptions(const ArgsManager& args, BlockM
     opts.prune_target = nPruneTarget;
 
     if (auto value{args.GetBoolArg("-fastprune")}) opts.fast_prune = *value;
+    if (auto value{args.GetBoolArg("-stopafterblockimport")}) opts.stop_after_block_import = *value;
 
     return std::nullopt;
 }
diff --git a/src/node/blockstorage.cpp b/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
index 06aa8d6a190..65dac459c55 100644
--- a/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
+++ b/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 #include <chain.h>
 #include <clientversion.h>
-#include <common/args.h>
 #include <consensus/validation.h>
 #include <flatfile.h>
 #include <hash.h>
@@ -867,7 +866,7 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
-void ThreadImport(ChainstateManager& chainman, std::vector<fs::path> vImportFiles, const ArgsManager& args, const fs::path& mempool_path)
+void ThreadImport(ChainstateManager& chainman, std::vector<fs::path> vImportFiles, const fs::path& mempool_path)
 {
     SetSyscallSandboxPolicy(SyscallSandboxPolicy::INITIALIZATION_LOAD_BLOCKS);
     ScheduleBatchPriority();
@@ -934,7 +933,7 @@ void ThreadImport(ChainstateManager& chainman, std::vector<fs::path> vImportFile
             }
         }
 
-        if (args.GetBoolArg("-stopafterblockimport", DEFAULT_STOPAFTERBLOCKIMPORT)) {
+        if (chainman.m_blockman.StopAfterBlockImport()) {
             LogPrintf("Stopping after block import\n");
             StartShutdown();
             return;
diff --git a/src/node/blockstorage.h b/src/node/blockstorage.h
index 6be276e1cac..bce071c7df8 100644
--- a/src/node/blockstorage.h
+++ b/src/node/blockstorage.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
-class ArgsManager;
 class BlockValidationState;
 class CBlock;
 class CBlockFileInfo;
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ struct Params;
 }
 
 namespace node {
-static constexpr bool DEFAULT_STOPAFTERBLOCKIMPORT{false};
 
 /** The pre-allocation chunk size for blk?????.dat files (since 0.8) */
 static const unsigned int BLOCKFILE_CHUNK_SIZE = 0x1000000; // 16 MiB
@@ -210,6 +208,8 @@ public:
 
     [[nodiscard]] bool LoadingBlocks() const { return m_importing || fReindex; }
 
+    [[nodiscard]] bool StopAfterBlockImport() const { return m_opts.stop_after_block_import; }
+
     /** Calculate the amount of disk space the block & undo files currently use */
     uint64_t CalculateCurrentUsage();
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public:
     void CleanupBlockRevFiles() const;
 };
 
-void ThreadImport(ChainstateManager& chainman, std::vector<fs::path> vImportFiles, const ArgsManager& args, const fs::path& mempool_path);
+void ThreadImport(ChainstateManager& chainman, std::vector<fs::path> vImportFiles, const fs::path& mempool_path);
 } // namespace node
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_NODE_BLOCKSTORAGE_H